Letters: Robert Bork, climate change, Congress and more

Stem cell research is the path to curing terrible diseases and has proved good for the San Diego economy. If we are going to seek more support for it in 2014 we need to use iPStem cells and try for 100 percent of the voters. – Andrew Schneider, San Diego

Payback for Kerry

In response to “Kerry tapped for State Dept.,” Dec. 22): Before announcing his nomination of Sen. John Kerry for secretary of state – as a payback for launching his presidential career as the keynote speaker in Kerry’s 2004 presidential bid – President Obama put further wear on his shoulder-rotator-cup, patting himself of the back for his foreign policy and national security accomplishments.

However – current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy and national security failures notwithstanding – Sen. Kerry is the worst possible choice to assume the vital post, short of being nominated for secretary of defense.

Indeed, Sen. Kerry’s Senate position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – and his relentless campaign for secretary of state – is merely a veiled attempt to mask his anti-Vietnam war betrayal of the military, anti-Iraq War and anti-American activities.

Although Kerry is second best to President Obama’s first choice of “yes-woman,” U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, he is nevertheless in line with Obama’s highly disturbing, reckless and weakened American foreign policy and national security philosophy. – Daniel B. Jeffs, Carlsbad